20 JUNE 1903, Page 19

HOW BOYS EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

[TO TIIR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1

Sin,—The article called "How Boys Express Themselves" in the Spectator of March 28th recalled to my mind an answer given by a small boy known to me, in an examination on the Gospels. I can vouch for its truth, as it occurred in my own personal experience. He was asked to give the context of the

following passage This sort goeth not out save by prayer and fasting." "This," he wrote, "was a camel stuck in the

eye of a needle."—I am, Sir, SLc., EDGAR JONES. San Cayetano Mines, Guanajuato, Mexico.